Band 5 Registered Nurses
We are looking to welcome nurses into our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Haematology and Oncology wards.
Are you ready to launch your career in an exciting and vibrant Children's Hospital? Are you seeking a new opportunity and adventure? Then look no further than the Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Leeds Children's Hospital is one of the UK's largest children's hospitals with state-of-the-art treatments and facilities. We provide one of the most comprehensive ranges of specialist children's services in the country and are recruiting across the following specialties:
1. Paediatric Critical Care
2. Oncology and Haematology
Please do state your preference for specialty and/or rotational programme in the supporting information section on your application form.
If you are a newly qualified nurse, we will support you during your first 12 months with our Preceptorship programme. This offers structured personal and professional development as you transition to registered practice and includes a supernumerary period, Introduction to Professional Practice (IPP), and a bespoke education pathway for all our clinical areas.
Main duties of the job
The role is to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation & evaluation of individualised family centred, infant, child or young person focused programmes of care. You will deliver care without supervision & take responsibility as the prime care provider for a group of patients & at all times promote confidence in our commitment to provide excellent compassionate family centred, infant, child or young person focused patient care. The role will involve taking charge of the ward or department as necessary in the absence of the Sister or Charge Nurse. You will participate in the in-service training, preceptorship & mentorship of junior staff, post basic learners & students as well as maintaining your personal development. The jobholder will work within an environment caring for infants/neonates, children and or young people in providing child or young person focused care.
About us
Working at LTHT has many benefits including:
1. Flexible working patterns to fit you & your lifestyle
2. Supernumerary orientation periods
3. Structured induction programmes
4. Personalised Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes, regardless of experience
We are very interested in hearing from you, including those of you who are students expecting to graduate in the next nine months. Come & join our team in Leeds & become part of The Leeds Way sharing our vision & values. Leeds Children's hospital is rated as GOOD & the Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great care & rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission.
For all new starters to the Trust we have a structured Introduction to Professional Practice (IPP) Induction programme to prepare you for working at LTHT. We also have a 6 month preceptorship framework to support you in your new role, which incorporates further education sessions & support forums.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role is to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised family centred, infant, child or young person focused programmes of care. You will deliver care without supervision and take responsibility as the prime care provider for a group of patients and at all times promote confidence in our commitment to provide excellent compassionate family centred, infant, child or young person focused patient care.
The role will involve taking charge of the ward or department as necessary in the absence of the Sister or Charge Nurse.
You will participate in the in-service training, preceptorship and mentorship of junior staff, post basic learners and students as well as maintaining your personal development.
Leeds Children's Hospital is a large secondary and tertiary hospital providing a wide range of specialties to the population of Leeds as well as the wider North Region. The jobholder will work within an environment caring for infants/neonates, children and or young people in providing child or young person focused care.
Person Specification
Skills & behaviours
Essential
* Caring, compassionate and motivated
* Reliable and trustworthy
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Ability to act professionally at all times
* Effective communication skills
* Effective numeracy skills e.g. accurate drug calculations
* Ability to organise self and others
* Team player
* Effective time management skills
Desirable
* Capable of lateral thinking
Experience
Essential
* Current issues in health and social care of children and young people
Desirable
* Awareness of specialty
Additional Requirements
Essential
* Good written and verbal skills
* Able to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care
* Ability to organise and prioritise workload
* Understanding of skills and knowledge required to develop team members
* Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
* Ability to travel in between Trust premises and patient homes for posts that involve community visits.
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nurse (Adult or Child)
* Has current registration on the appropriate part of the NMC Register or awaiting NMC Registration
* Willing to undergo training as necessary
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS1 3EX
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